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L. P. WARTH. Pen and Pencil Case.

No. 238,735. Patented March 8,1881.

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LEWIS P. WARTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK JULIUSKALDENBERG, OF SAME PLACE.

PEN AND PENCIL CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,735, dated March 8,1881.

Application filed J annary 13, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS P. WARTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Ornamentation of Penand Pencil Cases, of which the following is aspecitication, referencebeing had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the same.

My improvement relates especially to that class of pen and pencil caseswhose ornamentation consists in the application to the cylinder ofdecorative materials, such as pearl, shell, &c.; and the object of mypresent invention is to provide means whereby such embellishmentcan beaccomplished with facility, and at the same time renderit enduring. Iattain this object by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pencil-caseembodying my improvement, a portion of the ornamental casing beingbroken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, showing the ornamental materialapplied to a cylindrical tube; and

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the sections enlarged.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in each of theviews.

a, Fig. 1, is a cylindrical tube, of metal or 0 any other suitablematerial.

I) b are strips of thin muslin, which are secured to the tube by cementor otherwise. These strips are placed only at the points where thesections of shell, metal, or other ma- 3 5 terial which is used for theembellishment of the tube are to be joined, and they may extendlongitudinally from end to end of the tube or extend from each end aboutone-third of the distance toward the middle of the tube.

0 c are strips or sections of shell, with which the surface of the tubeis ornamented. The sections are made concave on one side by being filedor sawed out by suitable machinery, which I employ for that purpose, andthe ends 5 are beveled, as shown at d d. Any number of (No model.)

these sections may be secured to the tube, each section being sawed outto conform to the shape of the tube. They are secured to the strips ofmuslin and to the tube by cement or equivalent means, and by the use ofthese intermediate strips a perfectlytight joint is formed at the pointwhere the sections of shell or shell and metal meet, and greaterdurability of wear is insured, and the danger of the strips springingout or becoming loose at this point 5; during the process of finishingup the case (an evil common in nearly all other methods of securing theornamental material) is entirely obviated.

In forming the ornamental surface different varieties of shell may beused, either alone or combined, together with gold, silver, or any othermetal which will present a pleasing surface when finished. After thetube has received the ornamental material it may be finished up so thatits exterior surface is ofcylindrical shape, if desired.

My present improvement in securing the ornamental material to the bodyof the case possesses great advantages over other means foraccomplishing the same purpose heretofore used. A neat close joint isformed, which greatly enhances the beauty of the case, and in constanthandling the strips or sections do not become loosened or spring out attheir point of union from the tube, thereby rendering the pencil-caseunsightly and useless. The same method of ornamentation is equallyapplicable to pen-holders, tooth-picks, and all other articles withtubular cases.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the tube to, intermediate strips, 1) b, and sections0 0, arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LEVIS P. W'ARTH.

Witnesses G. H. BROADHURST, ADOLPH 0. BAUMAN.

